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FALL 2007
2008
EVENTS:
March
March
April
May
CONTACT US
BOARD OF TRUSTEES President Carl Roehling, FAIA Detroit
Past President Mike Marshburn, AIA Portage
Vice President Herb Jensen, AIA Southfield
Treasurer Les Tincknell, FAIA Saginaw
Secretary Randy Case, AIA Battle Creek
Trustees
Ron Campbell, AIA Pontiac
Ralph Graham, Hon. AFF. AIAMI Bloomfield Hills
Jeff Hausman, AIA Detroit
Eric Hill, FAIA Ann Arbor
Doug Kueffner, AIA Saginaw
Phil Lundwall, FAIA Grand Rapids
Ben Maibach III Southfield
Tom Mathison, FAIA Grand Rapids
Gail McClure Battle Creek
Brenda Schneider, Hon Mem DC Detroit
Park Smith, AIA Flint
Al Vegter, AIA Ann Arbor
Steve Whitney, FAIA Detroit
Executive Director
Rae Dumke, Hon AIA
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MAF RESTRUCTURING TO MEET MEMBER
NEEDS
Beginning with fiscal year 2008, all educational conferences and
programs for members and related disciplines will be conducted
through AIA Michigan. This activity is more closely aligned with
the AIA Michigan mission to support architects and related
disciplines.
And because MAF is YOUR foundation, we welcome your ideas on how to enhance and elevate the public awareness of architecture. Please contact any of the trustees or the MAF office to share your ideas or otherwise assist us in promoting the profession we all love. GREAT ARCHITECTURE OF MICHIGAN MONOGRAPH
Currently in the fundraising stage, significant donations have already been personally pledged by the MAF Board of Trustees, along with a substantial matching grant from Comerica Bank. The remaining fundraising will hopefully be concluded by the end of this year, which will allow the Foundation to move forward with the book design and publication. A late 2008 publication is anticipated. In addition to the book, Balthazar Korab’s photography will be posted on the MAF website along with an “architectural guide” brochure to assist in visiting these most significant structures. INTRODUCING RALPH GRAHAM, PUBLIC TRUSTEE
Ralph is a retired film producer and retailer and operated Orthogonality in Birmingham for 18 years. Since his retirement he has been active as the Gardener-in-Charge of the Oriental Garden at Cranbrook. Also, he actively supervised the construction of the Graham's vacation home on Beaver Island in upper Lake Michigan. During that time he assisted with the funding and marketing of a new Community Center, now nearing completion on Beaver Island. Ralph worked with the Greater Corktown Development Council in Detroit, raising funds for the establishment of an historic interpretive center to be housed in a mid-nineteenth century Rowhouse. The project is ongoing. Both the Community Center and the Rowhouse are adaptive re-use projects. Currently, Ralph is Co-Chair of the Museum Committee at Cranbrook's Art Museum and also is Co-Chair of the Academy of Art at Cranbrook. In the Spring of 2007, Graham was named as a Trustee on Cranbrook's Board of Trustees. He also is working to increase awareness and funding for the Evans Grants. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, receiving a BA in Design. Ralph became the Michigan Architectural Foundation's first Public Trustee in 2005. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES CONFERENCE HELD The MAF sponsored Educational Facilities Conference was held on October 11-12 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, Michigan. The popular event provided over 150 educators, school board members, educational planners, school administrators, architects, engineers, construction managers and other interested professionals with the latest available information which will assist them in planning, designing and constructing educational facilities. The seminar provided valuable AIA Learning Units, including Health, Safety & Welfare credits, to satisfy requirements for continuing education to maintain AIA Membership.
Conference proceeds contribute significantly to the long-term financial stability of the Foundation and underwrite portions of our non-income producing programs. The Foundation would like to thank the following AIA Michigan members who contributed countless hours as conference committee members to make this successful event possible:
Special thanks to Ralph Moxley, AIA who served as Chair for this event. Kirk Delzer, AIA will serve as vice-chair for the 2008 event. Another Successful MAF Silent Auction The twelfth annual MAF Silent Auction was held on August 9-12 at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island during the AIA Michigan Mid-Summer Conference. Gracious friends and supporters of the Foundation donated items of Artwork and Furniture along with Resort Getaway Accommodations, Fine Dining and other unique entertainment experiences. Spirited bidding by our Architect members and our AGC partners helped raise a near record amount for this event.
The MAF Auction was created to raise funds to help grow the Foundation endowment. This year’s event furthered that cause by raising approximately $11,000 for the Foundation to be used to fund programs that support the mission of MAF. The success of the Auction relies purely on the generosity of our donors who were so gracious with their gifts to the Foundation. The Foundation would like to personally thank those individuals who supported this successful event.
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In
recognition of the Michigan Architectural Foundation’s 50th
Anniversary, the foundation is embarking on a major project to
increase public appreciation of how architecture enriches life.
We are currently in the midst of planning a full-color hard
cover coffee table book on 150 significant buildings in the
State of Michigan, tentatively titled “Great Architecture of
Michigan as Seen through the Lens of Balthazar Korab”. The
entire publication will feature the photography of one the
country’s most renowned architectural photographers, Michigan’s
own Balthazar Korab.
Ralph
Graham is a patron of architecture in both his public and
private life. Ralph and his wife Jeanne's love of historic
buildings and their friendship with David Evans, a noted
preservation architect, led to the creation, with the Michigan
Architectural Foundation, of the David Evans Memorial Award for
Historic Preservation...funded by the Graham's Clannad
Foundation. The annual award is administered by MAF and a group
of architects and preservation activists. The grant emphasizes
the adaptive reuse of historic structures and has been
instrumental in preserving several important community links to
the past.
